We just spotted this video taken late last year on the Home Depot Smart Home, a live-in research laboratory operated by Duke's Pratt School of Engineering.

We're always on the look out for a better selection of Z-Wave products, so when Vesternet cntacted us earlier this week to tell us they now had over 100 Z-Wave products available – the largest choice in the UK - we had to have a look...

Last month we ran a story on a new range of internet CCTV cameras.  Now EyeSpy247 have kindly given us a discount voucher code for a 15% off their camera range for Automated Home readers that would like to try these IP cameras, including the pan tilt zoom model.  Discount code after the jump...

A few minutes ago Steve Jobs took to the stage and announced the iPad Apple Tablet.  Much of what was in our article Last month (What will the Apple Tablet mean for the smart home) is in the new device as expected.  Read on for the specs photos and videos as they emerge....

One of our current favourite IP CCTV camera ranges - Y-Cam - now has a new model with a built in SD slot for storing recorded video.  The Y-cam Black SD is now fully Mac and Linux compatible too and was recently featured on an interesting segment on home security on BBC 2's Working Lunch.  Watch the video after the jump...

The Comfort system from Cytech is an Automated Home favourite.  It integrates an intruder alarm, home automation controller, voicemail and intercom all into one compact, reliable package.  This case study gives a flavour of what the Comfort system can control in a real home...

The end of another year and a rare chance for a tech site like Automated Home to look backwards for a change.  It may not have been a vintage year in terms of new arrivals but there seems to have been plenty of interest in digital home technologies - not least the storage, streaming and control of AV around the home as you'll see from the list.  It's notable there's an article on energy monitoring too in there as the need to save power continues to drive home automation technology forward. 

So as we stare the next decade in the face (or this time next year for you pedants) here are the 20 Automated Home posts that have been the most popular in 2009....

The Apple rumour mill is reaching a tablet-tastic crescendo.  If even one tenth of the chatter is correct then we're on course for an announcement early in the new year and a possible shipping date in the second quarter of 2010.  So let's imagine for a moment that it's a reality. What use will it really be and what will it mean for the Smart Home....?

Back in May we reported on the launch of a new CBus home controller from Clipsal.  Then last week the UK C-Bus product manager announced on our forums that the 'Wiser' module would be launching in the UK in January.  Now we've received the official press release from Schneider Electric